坐 坐 先坐
“Sit, sit.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What have you been through this past year to become like this?”
坐 坐 先坐
“Sit, sit.”
柳镇 柳镇那一仗 我命大 阎王爷他不收我
“Liu Town. I was lucky in that battle in Liu Town. The King of Hell didn't take me.”
“Calm down and take a seat, it is a long and heavy story.”
Offering a seat repeatedly in Chinese culture serves both as hospitality and as a pragmatic tool to steady emotions before delivering shocking news.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sit down first / have a seat first
A common colloquial phrase used to urge someone to settle down before starting a serious discussion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Sit down first.”
“Come sit down. Here, be seated.”
“Sit down first. Easy. Listen to the leader.”
“Quick, sit. Right. Let's have a seat first.”